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"Mommy says we shouldn't be out here."

"Yeah, well mom says a lot of things, Yuna."

I had been lounging in a tree resting and listening for any noise. I'd focused chakra to my ears to hear anything from a distance. I glanced down and noticed two little kids, one of them being the small boy I'd met my second day in the village.

"But, Eko… what if something happens?"

"Nothing's going to happen, now come on! Matsu was telling me about this place! It's through here, he said it was really cool!"

"Eko, I don't like this. We could get hurt. Let's go back."

"We've already come this far though!"

"What if we run into the woman you saw? Mommy said she might be dangerous."

"Mommy thinks everyone is dangerous."

"Ekooooo, pleeeaaaase. Let's go back to the hideout."

Hideout?

"But…"

"Please, Eko."

He growled, "Fine. I'll go with Matsu then."

They started walking away and I silently stood, following their steps to see where they headed. They walked along the river, and eventually headed into the old main building that looked far worse than it had in my childhood. As I jumped down from the tree I'd been crouched in when they went inside, I felt cold metal at my throat. I tensed slightly, but raised my arms.

"Who are you?" A woman growled. "Why were you following them?"

"I'm not going to hurt them."

The kunai was pressed harder. If it weren't for the scarf, it would've started cutting into my skin. "Then why were you following them?"

"Remove your kunai from my neck and I'll explain."

"You can explain now, or I let you bleed out."

I sighed, "Fine." I slammed my head back into the woman's and felt her loosen her grip. As She did so, I grabbed her wrist, flipping her over me and onto the ground. I kneeled over her and grabbed my own hidden kunai. I pressed it to her throat and felt hers poke at my stomach. My eyes widened, "Kira?"

"Who are you?"

I jumped off of her, pulling her up and hugging her. "You're alive… oh my Kami you're alive."

"Who are you?!"

"Kira, it's me! It's Sorami!"

Her kunai fell from her hands. "Sorami…" She pulled me to her. "I thought you were dead…" A slap rang out.

"Ow!" I yelled, holding my cheek.

"How could you just let us think you were gone?! You and Akiyo just disappeared… Wait, do you know where Akiyo is?! Is he-"

I shook my head. "He's gone… but it was recent… he made it out of here. He saved me."

"What… happened?"

I glanced around, still holding my cheek, "Perhaps we should talk about this elsewhere…"

"Right. Follow me."

We walked into the old tower and went into the basement. There we weaved our way through a series of tunnels until reaching a large empty space with other tunnels branching out from it. It was like an underground city. I looked around in awe. People were walking around talking and kids were running around. It was an image I had not seen in Yukigakure since my toddler years. "This is…"

"Amazing, isn't it? One of the clans that survived was talented in earth release. They built this for us a few years ago. Another clan that specialized in genjutsu, a lot like Akiyo's actually, made a genjutsu to keep the rebels into finding it." She walked me over to an area filled with benches and sat me down across from her. "Now, what happened to you? Where have you been? What happened to Akiyo?"

"We ran. We'd gotten caught up in one of the fights and when we made it back to the gates, our area was destroyed. So Akiyo led me to the main gates and we snuck out of the village. We went to Konoha and became shinobi. Akiyo died on a mission about a year ago."

"I'm… sorry to hear that. He was an incredible boy."

I nodded, "He died protecting me from an enemy shinobi."

"Did you two…?"

"No. He was like my brother. In fact, he adopted me as his sister. He had a girlfriend though. She lives in the land of Tea now."

"What about you… after Eko…?"

I nodded. "I've dated off and on. I just moved into a house with my boyfriend though. Eko's always in my heart, but I've been able to move on."

"I'm glad to hear that. Now, why are you here?"

"I'm on a mission from the hokage. She wanted intel. That's why I was following those kids. I overheard them talking about a hideout. I'd seen the boy a few days ago so I kne-"

"You saw Eko? In the fields? It was you!"

"What was me?"

"The woman he was talking about! He came back the other day and was talking about this strange woman he met in the fields with markings on her face who gave him a kunai for protection!"

"Oh… yeah. Wait, how did you know about that?"

"He…" She sighed, "Eko is my son."

"You're… Kira, when did this happen?!"

"I had him when I was 21. Then I had Yuna three years later. He's 9, she's 6."

"Who's are they?"

"Tenshi's."

That didn't come as a shock to me. Kira and Tenshi had practically been our parents when we were kids. They loved each other and were always together. "Where is he?"

"I don't know. We had a hideout… before this one… and we were found. In the chaos we lost track of Tenshi. I… can feel in my heart that he's not dead… I just don't know where he is…"

I glanced down, "I'm sorry."

She hugged me, "I'm so happy you got out."

I sighed into her hug, missing her. She was only 9 years older than me but she was more of a mother to me than even my own. It felt nice to be near her again.

"Mommy, who's that?"

I straightened up seeing the Kira's children.

"Yuna, Eko, this is a dear friend of mine, Sorami... and your godmother."

"Godmother?" I asked.

She smiled and nodded.

"You're the lady I saw in the fields!" The boy, Eko, yelled.

"Yes I am."

"It's nice to meet you, Sorami-san," Yuna said quietly.

I smiled to her, "Just call me Sorami, little one."

"You're really pretty."

I blushed at the little girl's words. "Oh! Uh, thank you, Yuna…"

"Will you stay here with us?" Kira asked, holding Yuna to her hip.

"I would love to… truly… it's just… with this mission, I don't want to take the risk of someone following me or tracing me and endangering all of these people."

She frowned but nodded her head, "I understand."

"I should get going, though. I need rest."

"Come, I'll walk you out." She turned to the two kids, "Stay here, you two. And, Eko, we're going to have a long talk about listening to Mommy when I get back."

"Awe maaaaan."

I smiled at him as I stood, walking beside Kira. "They're sweet."

"They're still innocent. Yuna was too young to remember the last attack and Eko barely remembers it. They haven't witnessed the things all of us did."

"I'm glad. They deserve a real childhood. I like seeing children get to be children."

We reached the door of the tower and stopped.

I hugged her again, "I'm so glad you're okay, Kira. I missed you so much."

"I know. I missed you too, Sorami. I'm glad you're safe. Now get going, finish your mission so you can get out of here again."

"Thank you. Thank you for everything."

She smiled, pulling away. "I will see you again, Sorami. Be safe. Now get back to wherever you're staying. It's getting dark and you should be inside before the rebels start coming out."

"I will. Goodbye, Kira."

"Goodbye, Sorami."

(Unknown)

The dim halls were lit by torches and weaved around. The hall was lined with doors every few feet leading to various different rooms. A lone figure walked down the hallway, the light not bright enough to show its features. It paused outside a door before knocking and stepping inside.

Another figure sat in a chair. A small candle on the desk in front of it as it wrote something. "What news do you have?"

"She's exhausted from the lack of chakra. At this rate, we'll be able to take her before nightfall tomorrow," a woman answered. "Has she noticed anything yet?"

"No. Nothing."

"Good, I'll send someone for her tomorrow. Has she learned anything?"

"Not that I know about."

"Very well. I'm glad you came to your senses and saw things our way. You will be rewarded."